The Warlock (2011) (edit title/settings)

Ridiculously Simplified Synopsis edit see section history

show spoilers

Characters edit see section history

show spoilers

• Nicholas Flamel: The owner of the bookshop. Found Josh and Sophie and helped to get Sophie Awakened. Married to Perenelle Flamel. He has a green aura that smells of mint.
• Josh Newman: Has a gold aura and is Sophie's twin. Likes PCs better than Macs. His aura smells like oranges. Is jealous of Sophie.
• Sophie Newman: Josh's sister, the other twin. Has a silver aura that smells like vanilla.
• Perenelle Flamel: Sorceress, communes with ghosts, and is also Nicholas Flamel's wife. She has a white aura that doesn't smell, but feels of ice.
• Billy The Kid: An American legend, an immortal human, red aura smells like chili peppers. Associates with Machivelli, Italian immortal humani.
• Dr. John Dee: Evil English magician, sorcerer and necromancer with a yellow aura that smells like sulfur and rotten eggs. He is an immortal human.
• Scathach: A next generation vampyre immortal warrior who can kill almost anything, she has many names but the most common is the Shadow. She is also known as the "king maker" and has defeated many armies single handedly. She rescued Joan of Arc by riding straight at the enemy. Her proud boast is "there is not a prison in the world that could hold me."
• Niccolò Machiavelli: Evil Italian magician and humani immortal. He has a gray aura that smells of snakes.
• Mistress Tsagaglalal: "She who Watches".
• Marethyu: His name means death and he is the hook handed man from Danu Talis.
• Joan of Arc: The Joan of Arc. A female warrior and Scatty's best friend. She is married to Saint Germain (who taught fire magic to Sophie).
• Aunt Agnes: Sophie and Josh's "Aunt", also known as Tsagaglalal, wife of Abraham the Mage, known as She Who Watches.
• Zephaniah: The Witch of Endor, an air elder who is very knowledgeable and passes on all of her knowledge and power to Sophie while teaching her the magic of air.
• Palamedes: The Saracen Knight.
• Bastet: A Dark Elder, with the head of a cat
• Abraham of Danu Talis: From Danu Talis, wrote the book which Nicholas and Perenelle have long guarded and protected. The Change made him into a glittering golden statue - so he was able to observe but not move or communicate.
• Saint-Germain: Fire wielding immortal who is married to Joan of Arc. Stole the magic of fire from Prometheus.
• Anubis: Brother to Aten, Son of Bastet.
• William Shakespeare: Famous playwright, Immortal human.
• Prometheus: An Elder who gave humans life, is also the master of fire.
• Gilgamesh: Sumerian king, brother of Tsagaglalal. He is mad and tries to kill himself as he is an immortal.
• Hel: An Elder who is the guardian of the non-heroes who are dead
• Niten: A blade wielding Japanese immortal, best friends with Aoife. Has a caring heart.
• Lotan: Seven headed water beast.
• Mars Ultor: Sent to kill Dee, aka the Warlock, married to Zephaniah who cursed him so that his aura continually hardened in a molten shell around him.
• Virginia Dare: An evil killer who sided with Dee and has an Eldrich flute. First child born in America. Went missing at a young age. Killed her Elder that gave her the gift or curse of immortality
• Sara Newman: Josh and Sophie's mum.
• Richard Newman: Josh and Sophie's dad
• Francis: Add a description of this character.
• Mo: Theif who tries to rob Mars Ultor. See Larry.
• Nereus
• Marietta: Wife of Machiavelli
• Archon Coatlicue
• Chronos: Lord of TIme, who can move back and forth through time streams but is careful to only watch.
• Arthur: King of Camelot
• Aten
• Larry: See Mo.
• Osiris
• Isis
• Odin
• Aunt Christine
• Aoife: Twin sister of Scathach ("Scatty" - the Shadow). Known as Aoife of the Shadows. A vampyre.
• Saracen Knight

Quotes edit see section history

• “There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.”

• “The day we stop learning is the day we die.”

• “Video et taceo,” he said. “What’s that supposed to mean?” she said, impatient. “It is the motto of someone I once loved. It means ‘I see and say nothing.’ So why don’t you take that advice—shut up, watch closely and say nothing.”

• “I need you to be courageous, Sophie. The strong survive, but the courageous triumph.”

• “It is better to exist unknown to the law.”

• “These poor beasts are driven solely by their need to survive and to feed. It is their nature, and their nature has made them predictable. But man, on the other hand, has the capacity to change his nature. Man is the only animal that can destroy the world. Beasts live only in the present, but humans have the capacity to live for the future, to lay down plans for their children and grandchildren, plans that can take years, decades, even centuries, to mature.”

• “It is better that one man die for the people than that the whole nation perish.”

• “It is not the strongest of the species that survive, not the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.”

• “‘The promise given was a necessity of the past: the word broken is a necessity of the present.”

  Nicollo Machiavelli

• “Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited to all we now know and understand, while imagination embraces the entire world, and all there ever will be to know and understand.”

• Popular Highlights from Kindle Customers

• imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited to all we now know and understand, while imagination embraces the entire world, and all there ever will be to know and understand.”

  Highlighted by 264 Kindle customers

• ‘The promise given was a necessity of the past: the word broken is a necessity of the present’?”

  Highlighted by 203 Kindle customers

• ‘there is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.’ ”

  Highlighted by 186 Kindle customers

• “It is not the strongest of the species that survive, not the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.”

  Highlighted by 152 Kindle customers

• ‘It is better that one man die for the people than that the whole nation perish.’ ”

  Highlighted by 149 Kindle customers

• “These poor beasts are driven solely by their need to survive and to feed. It is their nature, and their nature has made them predictable. But man, on the other hand, has the capacity to change his nature. Man is the only animal that can destroy the world. Beasts live only in the present, but humans have the capacity to live for the future, to lay down plans for their children and grandchildren, plans that can take years, decades, even centuries, to mature.”

  Highlighted by 138 Kindle customers

• ‘It is better to exist unknown to the law.’ ”

  Highlighted by 136 Kindle customers

• “I need you to be courageous, Sophie. The strong survive, but the courageous triumph.”

  Highlighted by 93 Kindle customers

• “Video et taceo,” he said. “What’s that supposed to mean?” she said, impatient. “It is the motto of someone I once loved. It means ‘I see and say nothing.’ So why don’t you take that advice—shut up, watch closely and say nothing.”

  Highlighted by 82 Kindle customers

• “The day we stop learning is the day we die.”

  Highlighted by 37 Kindle customers

Setting & Locations edit see section history

• San Francisco: A city in California.
• Alcatraz: A prison in San Francisco.
• Paris
• Rukma
• Sea
• London
• Danu Talis: The home of the Elders, known to the humani as the Lost City of Atlantis.

Organizations edit see section history

• Elders: Immortal being, usually human like in appearance, that possess amazing powers and were once worshipped as gods.
• Dark Elders: The Elders who dislike humans. They want to restore the Elders (namely themselves) to their former glory.
• Immortals: (Usually humans) who do not die from natural causes
• First People: Human-like people born of clay, bought to life by Promethus.
• great elders: old immortal creatures
• Ancients: ancient creatures who are immortal
• archons: even older than Ancients, are immortal
• Next Generation: Children of the elders, born after the fall of Danu Talis.
• Warlorks: The oath breakers.
• Earthlords: older than archons from a time before time, are immortal
• Humani: The race created by Promethus.
• (Good) Elders: The Elders who protect humans and and realize that the time of the Elders and Danu Talis has passed and that this is the age of the humans now

First Sentence edit see section history

Table of Contents edit see section history

Themes & Symbolism edit see section history

• Sun and moon: Describe this theme.
• Good vs. Evil
• Inner Conflict and How to Deal With It: Josh is pulled in all directions. He isn't sure he can trust the Flamels, but he doesn't completely trust Dee either.

Series & Lists edit see section history

Preceded by The Necromancer, and followed by The Enchantress.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

1. Michael Scott (Author)

First Edition edit see section history

Classification edit see section history

• Library of Congress: PZ7.S42736 War 2011
• Dewey: 813.54

Notes for Parents edit see section history

May be appropriate for slightly younger children as well

Subjects edit see section history

• Books › Teens › Series
• Books › Travel
• Books › Outdoors & Nature › Survival Skills

Links to Supplemental Material edit see section history

• Michael Scott's Site

More Books Like This edit see section history

Books with Additional Background Information edit see section history